Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make filthy; befoul; soil.
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- verb transitive To make
filthy ;befoul ;soil .
Etymologies
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From Middle English befilen, from Old English befȳlan ("to befoul, defile, make dirty"), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), *fūlijanan (“to make foul”), equivalent to be- + file. Cognate with Scots befile ("to befile"), Dutch bevuilen ("to soil, dirty"). See also defile.
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